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2010 ‘Eyes of History’ award gala is scheduled for Saturday, May 15, 2010. The invitations will go in the mail on Friday. Watch your mailboxes! There is a new format, so please follow instructions carefully. No online sales. Interest is high, so don’t delay!!

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The next WHNPA general membership meeting is scheduled for Monday, April 26th at 6:30 p.m. Elections will take place. Please plan to attend this important meeting of your association.

WHNPA Student Contest

IMPORTANT UPDATE

Please note: “Checks/proof of school” should be mailed to the WHNPA — DO NOT USE FED EX . If you did send via FedEx, have the package re-routed back to you and re-send via USPS. As long as you have uploaded your photos by March 17th you will not be penalized for being late with your entry.

Rules have been posted for the 2010 Student Photography Contest. Deadline for submissions is March 17th. Visit us at http://www.whnpa.org/studentcontest to download the PDF rules and guidelines document, and to learn more about the contest, student memberships in the WHNPA (not required to enter), awards for the winning portfolio, and more.

» New Media Contest

The 2010 WHNPA New Media contest has been posted,

The Eyes of History 2010

In Memoriam: Walt Crawford

Photo/Brian Hopkins, Walt Crawford at the 2008 WHNPA gala

We heard the sad news of Walt Crawford’s passing from Pege’ Gilgannon:

Walt Crawford passed away Sunday nite…..he had just won a 1st place in lighting…we had told his wife that he won and she passed it on to him telling him he had to get better so he could pick up his award……boy he really deserved his award for all the years he spent making beautiful pictures …he was a terrific friend and this is a big loss……

WJLA has posted this news on their web site: http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/0210/706853.html

Our thoughts and prayers are with his family.

Funeral Arrangements:
The viewing is at Adams and Green Funeral Home, Saturday Feb 20th, 1 to 3pm and 5 to 7 pm. The service starts at 7 pm

721 Elden Street
Herndon, VA 20170-4636
(703) 437-1764

Northern Short Course Judging - Sat Feb 20

Photo Judging of the Northern Short Course Photojournalism Competition

www.northernshortcourse.com

Saturday February 20, 930 am-6:00 pm
American University
Mary Graydon Center
Third Floor Wechsler Theater

Please come to observe the judging of nearly 1000 entries in 19 categories including, still images, photo stories and multimedia. This competition is for members of the National Press Photographers Association northeast region. They represent the area’s prominent professionals who work for newspapers, magazines and other news organizations. The three judges include America University professor Bill Gentile, former Time Magazine Photo Editor and currently AARP Photo Editor MaryAnne Golon, and former White House Photo Editor and US News Photo Editor Carol McKay.

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The 2010 Northern Short Course in Photojournalism will take
place March 11-13 in New Brunswick, NJ. Much more
information, including tuition grants for photographers, is
on the NSC web site: http://www.northernshortcourse.com

Contest results

WHNPA 2010 ‘ Eyes of History’ contest winners!

Congratulations to all of our winners and thanks to everyone who participated to make this years contest a success!

Contest results are on the WHNPA web site. The Stills results are posted with text and images. The New Media and Television contest results are posted here on the blog in text format. (scroll down) In the next several days we will add the videos from the television winners into the contest section of the site.

Please log on to see the some amazing work from this years winners.

Meanwhile…here are a few highlights from this weekend’s judging:

History was made in the Television contest division, as CNN”s Bethany Swain was named WHNPA Video Photographer of the Year. Bethany is the first woman in WHNPA history to earn this award!

Video Editor of the Year: Chris Shlemon of ITN was named Video Editor of the Year. This is the third time Chris has won the top honor.

In the Stills division:

Political Photo of the Year winner is: Alex Wong of Getty Images

Photographer of the Year is: Chip Somodevilla of Getty Images

It was wonderful to see so many of you at the judging over the weekend.

Photographer of the Year - Still Division

Chip Somodevilla of Getty Images is the 2010 White House News Photographers Association Photographer of the Year in the still photography division.

POLITICAL NEWS PHOTO OF THE YEAR

Alex Wong, Getty Images, Untitled

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner testifies before the Joint Economic Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Nov. 19, 2009.

Judges will select one single image as Political News Photo of the Year from the top winners in each individual political category (Presidential, On Capitol Hill, Insiders Washington, and individual pictures in Picture Story/Politics and Political Portfolio).

New media contest results

Best Use of Photography and Audio (natural sound)

First Place

“America’s Battalion” in Afghanistan

http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2009/07/americas_batallion.html

Produced and photographed by David Gilkey

Audio editing by Laura Krantz, Jim Wildman

Senior Supervising Producer: Keith Jenkins

Second Place

For Army Medevacs, Hearts and Minds are No Cliché

http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2009/12/for_army_medevacs_hearts_and_m.html

Produced and photographed by David Gilkey

Audio editing by Laura Krantz, Chris Berry

Senior Supervising Producer: Keith Jenkins

Third Place

Fight Night

http://www.militarytimes.com/multimedia/#/Fight+Night/51753241001

The 68th Annual Brigade Boxing Championships at the Naval Academy.

Photos and production by Chris Maddaloni, Army Times

Award of Excellence

Step Afrika

http://www.amandalucidon.com/StepAfrika/

Photography, Audio and Production by Amanda Lucidon

Best Use of Photography and Audio (with narration)

First Place

No Man’s Land

http://www.npr.org/news/specials/2009/israelbarrier/part1.html

Produced and photographed by David Gilkey

Reported and narrated by Eric Westervelt

Senior Supervising Producer: Keith Jenkins

Second Place

Horse Race Evokes Genghis Khan

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112514153 (second video on page)

Produced by Coburn Dukehart

Photography by Ariana Lindquist

Reported by Louisa Lim

Senior Supervising Producer: Keith Jenkins

Third Place

From the South Lawn, A Sweet Smell of Honey

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/11/04/us/politics/20091104_BEES_SS1/index.html

Produced by Elisabeth Goodridge

Photography by Doug Mills

Edited by David Scull

Award of Excellence

Unsettled in Tene

http://www.npr.org/news/specials/2009/israelbarrier/part2.html (bottom of the page)

Produced and photographed by David Gilkey

Reported and narrated by Eric Westervelt

Senior Supervising Producer: Keith Jenkins

Best Multimedia Package – Simple

First Place

Scene In

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/artsandliving/scene-in/index.html?order=chronological

Interactive by Alexandra Garcia, Kat Downs, Noel Smart

Second Place

The Battle of Wanat

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/world/battle-of-wanat/

To recreate the Battle of Wanat in eastern Afghanistan, The Washington Post created an interactive timeline of images, edited soldier videos and audio, helicopter gun footage and official military documents. The innovative approach attempted to reveal how military leaders failed to see warning signs that led to the deaths of nine U.S. soldiers and another 27 wounded.

By: Ben de la Cruz, Kat Downs, Liz Heron, Greg Jaffe, Laris Karklis, Jason Ukman, Pierre Kattar and Francine Uenuma

Third Place

Dog Days in DC

http://jimloscalzo.com/#/multimedia/dog%20days%20in%20dc/1

“Dog Days in DC” is a portrait of the nations capitol during the throws of summer: the heat and humidity, the exodus of politicos and influx of tourists, the sound of cicadas and the site of empty streets. Summer is DC’s transformational season, when the city’s hum is noticeably absent.

By: James Lo Scalzo

Best Multimedia Package – In Depth

First Place

Killer Blue: Baptized by Fire

http://hosted.ap.org/specials/interactives/wdc/killer_blue/index.html?SITE=AP

Killer Blue, A unit of the Fort Hood-based 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment’s 3rd Squadron, was one of the last Army units to serve a 15-month combat tour in Iraq, before the Pentagon cut combat tours to 12 months. AP photojournalists lived with the unit for over four months in Mosul, Iraq, and at Fort Hood, Texas, chronicling their combat and their return home, their lives and - in some cases - their deaths.

Credits: Evan Vucci, Maya Alleruzzo, Rick Bowmer, Matt Ford

Submitted by: Greg Henderson

Second Place

Times of Crisis - Submitted by Jim Bourg

www.reuters.com/timesofcrisis

Spanning the year after the collapse of Lehman Brothers – the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history – Times of Crisis surveys 365 days of upheaval, which crippled industries and crushed hopes with a force not seen since the Great Depression. This immersive multimedia package, built around an interactive visual timeline, draws upon the full breadth of Reuters news coverage during this period, with additional special multimedia reporting.

Times of Crisis offers a dynamic, layered narrative presenting hundreds of images, countless news stories and hours of video to show how lives around the globe have changed as a divergent world embarks on an era of historic challenge. The project also features a web documentary, compiling testimonies of people affected by the crisis.

Times of Crisis was produced by the same multi-award winning team behind Bearing Witness – reflecting upon over half a decade of war in Iraq – nominated for the 2009 Emmy Award for New Approaches to News & Documentary.

Produced by Reuters in association with Mediastorm, – submitted by Jim Bourg

Project concept and direction by Ayperi Karabuda Ecer and Jassim Ahmad

Third Place

‘Fatal Flights: A Perilous Rush to Profit’ Investigative

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/nation/medical-helicopters/

Medical helicopters have dropped into pitch-black oceans, smacked into mountains and collided in clear desert skies. Yet until a groundbreaking 2009 series by The Washington Post, the industry that promotes itself as life-saving had not been exposed as one of the deadliest in America. Loggers, miners and cops have higher survival rates than do the crews that fly in medevacs, The Post discovered.

‘Trooper 2’s Last Flight’ video producer: Akira Hakuta

Reporting: Gil Gaul, Mary Pat Flaherty, Jenna Johnson

Supervising Video Editor: Ben de la Cruz

Graphics: Kat Downs, Jacqueline Kazil, Lauren Keane, Sarah Fitzpatrick, Kate Napier, Laris Karklis,

Investigations Editor: Jeff Leen

Investigative Projects Web Editor: Lauren Keane

Voiceover: Francine Uenuma

Award of Excellence

Traveling Down the Amazon Road

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112489035

Photographer: John Poole

Reporter: Lourdes Garcia-Navarro

Multimedia Producers: Keith Jenkins, Katie Hayes; Designer: Nelson Hsu, Alyson Hurt; Editor: Chuck Holmes

Radio Editor: Didrik Schanche

Best Multimedia Innovation

First Place

Scene In - Alexandra Garcia

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/artsandliving/scene-in/index.html?order=chronological

Interactive by: Alexandra Garcia, Kat Downs, Noel Smart.

Videos by Alexandra Garcia.

Commenting feature by Jesse Foltz, Steven King, Lee Trout.

Second Place

Kurlwich on Science

Krulwich on Science

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5500502

Examples from this series:

A Locksmith’s Tale and Other Health Care Stories - http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=121158190

Supervising Producers for NPR: Robert Krulwich and Vikki Valentine

Ants that Count - http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120587095

Robert Krulwich, Jason Orfanon, Vikki Valentine, Allison Richards

The Crow Paradox - http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106826971

Robert Krulwich, Jason Orfanon, Alison Richards, Vikki Valentine

Flu Attack! How a Virus Invades Your Body - http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=114075029

Robert Krulwich, Jason Orfanon, David Bolinsky, Alison Richards, Vikki Valentine

Third Place

Fight Night

http://www.militarytimes.com/multimedia/#/Fight+Night/51753241001

The 68th Annual Brigade Boxing Championships at the Naval Academy.

Photos and production by Chris Maddaloni, Army Times

Award of Excellence

Ghosts in the Hollow

http://jimloscalzo.com/#/multimedia/ghosts%20in%20the%20hollow/1

Hidden in the hollows of Appalachia are the relics of its signature industry—a collection of coal camps, long abandoned and in various states of decay. In some cases the remains are barely noticeable: a concrete foundation, a larry car, a coal tipple. In other cases entire towns lay abandoned.

By: Jim Lo Scalzo

Television Photograpy Awards

WHITE HOUSE NEWS PHOTOGRAPHERS ASSOCIATION PHOTOGRAPHY TV CONTEST 2010

VIDEO PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR: Bethany Swain CNN

P-1 SPOT NEWS

1. John Frame – WTTG – Political Pileup

2. Bethany Swain – CNN – Playing with Fire

3. Brian Hopkins – WJLA – Baby Thru a Window

P-2 GENERAL NEWS

1. Jason Smith – WTTG – AIG Reactions

2. Bethany Swain – CNN – Fire on the Mountain

3. Brian Hopkins – WJLA - Mural

P-3 DAY FEATURE

1. Bethany Swain – CNN – Men in Trees

2. Doug Wilkes – WTTG – Dead Bee Dog

3. Pierre Kattar – washingtonpost.com – Flight of the Commuter

P-4 NEWS FEATURE

1. Lance Ing – WTTG – Honor Flight

2. Levent “Louie” Eroglu - Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Vegas

3. Pierre Kattar – washingtonpost.com – “Thriller” in Freedom Plaza

P-5 FEATURE

1. Alexandra Garcia – washingtonpost.com – Scene In: U Street

2. Jason Smith – WTTG – Historic Church Organ

3. Dan Sweetapple – Australian Broadcasting Corporation – Windpower

HM Brian Hopkins – WJLA – U.S. Flag Day

HM Whitney Shefte – washingtonpost.com – A Great Grandmother’s Love

P-6 NEWS SPECIAL REPORTS/ FEATURES

1. Bethany Swain – CNN – In Focus Series

2. Garrett Hubbard – usatoday.com – 24 Hours in the ER: Health Care’s Front Lines

3. Alexandra Garcia – washingtonpost.com – Scene In

P-7 MAGAZINE FEATURE

1. Dan Sweetapple - Australian Broadcasting Corporation – American Emergency

2. Dia Baker – ITN – Mr. President Please Help Us

3. Peter Murtaugh – Freelance BBC – California Budget

P-8 DOCUMENTARY

1. Levent “Louie” Eroglu – Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Detroit

2. Peter Murtaugh – Freelance BBC – Ethical Man

3. David Ewing – Bayside Productions – Ted Flicker

P-9 SPORTS

1. Chip Baysden – WTTG - Chess

2. Garrett Hubbard – usatoday.com – Veterans Golden Age Games

3. Jim MacDonald – CTV – Alex Ovechkin

P-10 POLITICAL

1. Whitney Shefte – washingtonpost.com – Fish and Politics

2. Jim MacDonald – CTV – Hagerstown Town Hall

3. Bethany Swain – CNN – Relics of a U.S. Icon

P-11 LIGHTING

1. Walter Crawford – WJLA – Lighting Composite

P-12 WHITE HOUSE

1. Whitney Shefte – washingtonpost.com – Attempting a “Salahi”

2. Doug Wilkes – WTTG – Pentagon Memorial

P-13 NETWORK

1. Mark Rabbage – BBC – Marine Training

2. Dai Baker – ITN – Arizona Smugglers

3. Peter Morris – CNN – The Abadir School

P-14 AUDIO (field)

1. Lance Ing – WTTG – Automotive X

2. Alexandra Garcia – washingtonpost.com – Scene In: Duke Ellington

3. Brian Hopkins – WJLA – U.S. Flag

Television Editing Awards

WHITE HOUSE NEWS PHOTOGRAPHERS ASSOCIATION EDITING TV CONTEST 2010

VIDEO EDITOR OF THE YEAR: Chris Shlemon ITN

E-1 SPOT NEWS

1. Bethany Swain – CNN – Playing with Fire

2. Brian Hopkins – WJLA – Holocaust Museum Shooting

3. Martin Doane – WJLA – Apple Store

E-2 GENERAL NEWS

1. Bethany Swain – CNN – Fire on the Mountain

2. Lance Ing - WTTG – Extraordinary Disservice

3. Bill McKenna – BBC – Economic Woes

HM Martin Doane – WJLA – Donations

HM Kimberlee Shaffir – CBS News – Obama Beijing

E-3 DAY FEATURE

1. Bethany Swain – CNN – Men in Trees

2. Dan Sweetapple - Australian Broadcasting Corporation – Fort Campbell

3. Whitney Shefte – washingtonpost.com – Returning Rails

HM Jonathan Austin – CTV – DC Sniper

HM Lance Ing – WTTG – Passion for Pinball

E-4 NEWS FEATURE

1. Chris Shlemon – ITN – The Legend of Goldman Sachs

2. Bill McKenna – BBC – Jerry and Stonewall Inn

3. Joni Mazer Field – Freelance BBC – Bend, Oregon Economy

HM Clyde Arrington – ABC News – U.S. Marshals

HM Pierre Kattar – washingtonpost.com – A Middle Class Family Dilemma

E-5 EDITING SHORT FORM

1. Ed Eaves – NBC News – Airline Baggage

2. Alexandra Garcia – washingtonpost.com – Scene In: Duke Ellington

3. Bill McKenna – BBC – First Artist on Another Planet

HM Brian Hopkins – WJLA – U.S. Flag Day

HM Jason Smith – WTTG – Historic Church Organ

E-6 EDITING LONG FORM

1. Chris Shlemon – ITN – Carbon Capture

2. Charles MacDonald – National Geographic Channel – Drain the Ocean

3. Bill McKenna – BBC – Lehman Collapse

HM Ed Eaves – NBC News – Bobby Parker: The Man Who Rocked the Blues

E-7 MAGAZINE FEATURE

1. Chris Shlemon – ITN – Operation Panther’s Claw

2. Bill McKenna – BBC – Dark Days at Abu Ghraib

3. Peter Murtaugh – Freelance BBC – Obama’s America

E-8 DOCUMENTARY

1. Charles MacDonald – National Geographic Channel – Hooked Monster Fish

2. David Ewing – Bayside Productions – Ted Flicker

E-9 SPORTS

1. Chip Baysden – WTTG - Chess

2. Whitney Shefte – washingtonpost.com – Racing Against the Odds

3. Lance Ing – WTTG – A Good Buzz

E-10 PRESIDENTIAL / POLITICAL

1. Bill McKenna – BBC – Obama and the Pentagon

2. Whitney Shefte – washingtonpost.com – Fish and Politics

E-11 AUDIO (production)

1. Charles MacDonald – National Geographic Channel – America Before Columbus

2. Alexandra Garcia – washingtonpost.com – Scene In: Duke Ellington

3. Ed Eaves – NBC News – Blue Angels

HM Lance Ing – WTTG – Automotive X

HM John Poole – NPR – Project Song: Chris Walla & J. Robbins Create Mercury

E-12 PROMOTIONAL

1. Charles MacDonald – National Geographic Channel – Inside State

» PORTFOLIO

Portfolio

PORTFOLIO 1st -Katie Falkenberg, 2nd-Chip Somodevilla; 3rd-David Gilkey

Portfolio should show the breadth and versatility of an entrant’s work, and should demonstrate skill in a variety of categories including politics. Judges to select the best “body of work.” Portfolio must contain a minimum of 22 pictures and a maximum of 35 pictures.

» POLITICAL PORTFOLIO